Author Archives: Alison Dobrowolski

Do I really need help and who should I turn to?

January 28, 2011

I can remember logging on to my old PC and using dial up and getting email on Prodigy. Does anyone remember Prodigy? It would take forever for pictures to load and forget even watching a video online. My goodness have things changed. With the ease of finding information in a blink of …

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Some of My Favorite Things . . .

January 9, 2011

I am often reminded of the Queen of “it’s a good thing”, Ms. Martha Stewart, when my destination wedding brides ask me for helpful links and cool websites to purchase extra items for their destination wedding. When thinking about it, I can’t help but keep saying, “these are a few of my …

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Items I Packed

January 9, 2011

Let me begin my check list: I spent this weekend at a bridal show. I was stunned at how many brides mentioned “destination wedding” as they spoke with me. If VIP does 12 bridal shows a year, I would imagine that maybe 3 or 4 times we hear someone ask us about …

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Save the Dates or Invitations or Both?

January 1, 2011

When you are planning a destination wedding, it is often difficult to send out invitations 6 weeks prior and actually expect people to attend. Emily Post need not remind us about the proper time frame to send out invitations. Throw the rules of years ago out the window when you are planning a destination …

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Capturing the Moment Forever!

January 1, 2011

Do you bring a photographer, or do you use one from the resorts “suggested vendors” or do you have to use one of their photographers and have no option to bring one or higher one from the area?? Just about every couple we speak rank their photo’s as important as the resort …

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What Island? What Resort? Too Many Choices!

December 24, 2010

Is the hardest part actually deciding on the location?  It is sort of like which came first, the chicken or the egg?  There are so many legal aspects you need to ask yourself before you even begin to look at locations.  Don’t even look through a brochure or pull out a map …

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Not Everyone Is Thrilled About Our Destination Wedding!

December 10, 2010

You have finally narrowed down your resort, you have picked your date and even blocked out group space. Figuring it would be the best time to share this exciting news with your friends and family as they all gathered together for the holidays, you put together a packet on pricing, estimated airfare …

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Which Comes First? The Chicken or the Egg?

December 5, 2010

You have always pictured yourself on a gorgeous beach with the person you love saying “I DO”. You have the ring, and you know what you think your destination wedding should be like, but what do you do next? Do you pick a date? Do you choose a resort? Should you pick …

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Save the Dates: Baby Steps and then GIANT Leaps!

November 29, 2010

I can still remember sending out the Save the Dates to all our friends and family. I was so excited. I opened up the calendar and started to count the days until we would leave. I remember thinking, ” wow, I have so many months to get organized”. I knew there was …

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